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Fossil find breaks age record

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Scottish millipede represents earliest known air-breathing animal.

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  1. Wilson, H. M. & Anderson, L. I. Morphology and taxonomy of Paleozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Archipolypoda) from Scotland. Journal of Paleontology, 78, 169 - 184, (2004).

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